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Martie
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0 posted 2000-04-29 07:19 PM


Perfectly Undone Rainbow

I’ve been waiting
across this long day
as the keys glare
their silent letters

waiting for delicate
blue eggs
with thin transparent shells
to open some tender thought

I can hear this ticking
slowly savoring time drain
and have simmering fragrance
around me for reminiscence

The bullion bubbles
cascading with memory
but this draught still
seethes with hungering

So I press an asterisk
and see how an eight
is so conclusive and perfect
circling into itself

and I think that time
must be like that
with no beginning
to teach it how to end

a bubble has exploded somewhere
so quiet and absolute
from child-touched treasure
to a perfectly undone rainbow

Where does this matter
display its intent
and grace my alphabet
with a period?

  



[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 04-29-2000).]

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1 posted 2000-04-29 08:12 PM


Martie~

*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*

'waiting for delicate
blue eggs
with thin transparent shells
to open some tender thought'

*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*

And so it did.
Even your writer's interlude is lovely.
~*Marge*~




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2 posted 2000-04-30 03:24 PM


Hi Martie,

This is so full of wonderful lines I don't know which one to pick so The hole thing is so great, you write well for not knowing what to write, thank you for sharing this im glad I did not miss it.

Cerenity

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3 posted 2000-04-30 03:39 PM


This is lovely, Martie! Gosh, what a poet! Even your writer's interlude is a lovely song to my ears!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


 "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight."

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4 posted 2000-04-30 06:50 PM


How absolutely lovely!!! Imagine writing this while staring at your keyboard! You amaze me!  
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5 posted 2000-04-30 08:57 PM


"and I think that time
must be like that
with no beginning
to teach it how to end"

Martie, where do these wonderful thoughts of yours come from? There is so much originality in every one of your poems. That's why I'm addicted to them - a new "high" every time
Love you
Liz

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6 posted 2000-04-30 09:01 PM


Forget the "8"'s, Martie. When I want to think of you, I'll fill the page with "10"'s in tribute to you and your wonderful poetry.  
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